Ming has a new fire bomb weapon with which he plans to decimate Prince Barin's homeland as a test of its future effectiveness against the Earth. First he rescue's his wayward daughter Princess Aura who has become the lover of his enemy Prince Barin. With Aura safe in Mongo, he goes ahead with his fire bomb plan. But (of course), Dr. Zarkov has developed a counter weapon and Flash rockets to the now-burning area decimated by the fire bomb and uses the counter weapon. However, a second bomb knocks Flash out amidst the burning terrain. Can he be saved in order to continue his fight against the evil Emperor Ming. See chapter 7 for the answer.